Ice-capades: The true blue beauty of the icebergs of Iceland

By Sara Malm
PUBLISHED: 16:56, 12 November 2012 | UPDATED: 20:17, 12 November 2012

It has been called the nation of fire and ice and as these stunning pictures proves, it is certainly the latter.
The magnificent ever-changing landscapes of Iceland where the freezing temperatures make the icebergs and glaciers shift in every shade of blue, from turquoise and azure to indigo.
With it's volcanic 'black beaches', northern lights and stunning fiords - home of the icebergs - the Northern European nation is a photographer's dream.

Beyond the ice: Icebergs and snow covered mountains on the plains of Iceland are photographed through a hole in a wall of ice

Fantastic icecapes: The coast of Iceland is everchanging with glaciers moving and icebergs freezing and melting each year as the seasons change

Photographer Tim Vollmer, 41, and partner Marketa Kalvachova, 32, spend months travelling to the mythical island, and braving freezing temperatures to shoot the most amazing sights.
And due to the ever-changing appearance of the ice they insist they never get bored - because they will never come across the same iceberg more than once.

 

Photographer Tim, from Germany, who organises workshops to the region said: ‘Marketa and I moved to Iceland in 2005 and we instantly fell in love with the snow and ice.
‘We became fascinated by the textures and tones. Every day we go out to shoot pictures the light, formation, shape and colours are completely different.'

Blue illusion: A melting ice berg resembling a sea creature breaking the surface in a azure-coloured ice cave

Sunr-ice: The sun shining through a block of ice gives it a golden morning glow

Cold and calm: The turquoise colour of the water inside an Icelandic ice cave makes the sharp walls seem even more alien

Northern lights: Green and purple northern lights cross the sky in contrast to the pure ice and the black volcanic ash

Landscape love: Photographer Tim Vollmer posing on a bright blue block of ice on a black volcanic ash 'beach'

‘The lifecycle of the landscape creates unbelievable sights. All these images were taken over the last couple of months but if I went back now they would look different.
‘It's an adventure every time because there is always something new to photograph.
‘Some of the colours are so spectacular I don't think you could see them anywhere else in the world.
‘We first started taking images to capture the place we were in for the memories but now we want to highlight the beauty of the ice and show others what makes them exciting.
‘More and more we find ourselves going out to take photos - it's a special area for us.’

Fire and ice: The cold temperatures, the ice and the snow transforms the volcanic nation of Iceland each winter

Melting: A cave in an Icelandic fiord is caving in to the rising temperatures of spring

Cutting edge: The iceberg has frozen in sharp spikes making is resemble a gigantic blue crystal

Untouched: The sun sets over a peaceful bay during making the clouds shift in powdery pink

Crumbling: When the ice caves melt they create freezing pools of bright blue water

Natural beauty: This breathtaking photograph captures the blue sky and a volcanic mountain reflected in a deep Icelandic fiord

Silent night: The starts hide behind a veil of clouds as night falls over snow-covered fields

Black beach: As the ice moves across the island it leaves behind bright blue blocks of ice on Iceland's volcanic beaches

Exploring art: Tim Vollmer, Marketa Kalvachova and their photographer friends enter a cave during a trip around Iceland

Blink and you'll miss it: As it melts and freeze and melts again, the landscape off the coast of Iceland never stays the same year on year